Resource Library

(November 6, 2024 webinar) With so much news and noise, it can be challenging to identify the right ways to use AI to help meet your nonprofit goals. As a nonprofit themselves, Apparo is ready to help you navigate the world of AI and find the right ways to adopt it into your nonprofit workflows.

Recommendations and considerations for nonprofits to reopen operations throughout or following a public health emergency or crisis

(December 12, 2023 webinar) In today's rapidly advancing digital age, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping industries, and the nonprofit sector is no exception. Whether you're new to AI or looking to optimize its application, this session offers insights into how nonprofits can harness this technology to further their cause, optimize resources, and foster meaningful connections.

Toolkit compiling resources for nonprofits to make funding pitches for technology and why/how grantmaker organizations should be funding nonprofit technology.

(October 26, 2023 webinar) This webinar discusses cost-effective cybersecurity actions to boost your organization's security and resilience immediately.

(September 7, 2023 webinar) What does your organization’s current financial close process look like? Whether you scramble every month or feel like things run smoothly, it’s helpful to pay attention to certain key areas.

Beginner SEO tips for nonprofits seeking to promote their website.

(October 6, 2022 webinar) Participants will learn practical and realistic tips on: the basics of email marketing; How to create a donor funnel that works; The anatomy of a nonprofit email marketing campaign; Five secrets of email marketing geniuses.

(August 11, 2022 webinar) You work hard and wear a lot of hats (with no time to buy the matching shoes). Changing the world can be time-consuming and stressful! Let us lighten your workload and preserve your sanity with this free webinar that’ll help you put your nonprofit website to work for you and make it multitask as well as you do. Go beyond the basics with Molly Coke as she talks about how to leverage technology to help support your mission and make your life easier.

Whether you're a user, builder, or funder, you have a responsibility to ensure the equitable use of technology.

Guidelines to be certain your newsletter and other communications are sent legally.

(November 5, 2021 presentation) In the session, attendees will participate in a decision tree exercise, a case study of a client that successfully navigated this decision, and tools to determine the next steps including solutions that could be pursued when launching an app is not the answer. Participants will be given a checklist for them to assess their own program needs to determine if they need an app or not, and a digital sandbox environment where they can design a mockup of an app on their phone or computer and see examples of similar apps and user-generated data.

(November 3, 2021 presentation) Research is tantamount to effective advocacy and impactful programming. In order to maintain program effectiveness, organizations must evolve with the needs of those they serve, and that is impossible if they do not know what those current needs are. Data collection, dissemination, and research are imperative to ensuring that organizational efforts are being targeted where needed. Non-profit leaders need to identify trends in order to surface any gaps and inconsistencies in their programming to prevent diminishing returns on their investment into the communities they serve.

Tips to develop an IT training program specific to your nonprofit's needs.

Protect your clients and operations from technology disaster with a recovery and response plan.